“We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics.” Growing UpGrowingBloodDrinkMy FamilyCoffeeDebateBackgroundsGreekCarolinaNorth CarolinaFamily Growing Up Author:Zach Galifianakis
“Now it is the blood of Jesus which saves, and it is the same blood which cleanses and sanctifies; and as we had to come lo Jesus to be plunged into the fountain, so we have to abide in Jesus by fellowship, to grow up into Christlikeness.” JesusGrowsGrowing UpBloodFountainFellowshipSanctifyBlood Of JesusChristlikeness Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“There may be something in the fact that when I was a little kid I'd been told growing up that we had some degree of native American blood in us, I always found that a point of pride. So, when it came to cowboys and Indians I most certainly did not want to be John Wayne. I wanted to be one of the Indians.” WantMayLittlesFactsKidsWantedFoundGrowing UpGrowingBloodPrideDegreesNativeNative AmericanCowboyLittle KidWayne Author:Johnny Depp
“Growing up, the two things that made my blood boil were religious intolerance and animal cruelty. I’ve never understood it. I can’t stand to have an animal in pain.” MadeI CanTwoPainReligiousAnimalGrowing UpGrowingBloodUnderstoodCrueltyTwo ThingsIntoleranceAnimal CrueltyReligious Intolerance Author:Ricky Gervais
“The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was Chinas golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by todays standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in "barbarians" from the steppe.” MenAgeTodayHalfGrowing UpSuccessfulGrowingBloodStandardsChinaContraryGoldenChineseBarbariansGolden AgeDynasty Author:Amy Chua
“I did not know the woman I would be nor that blood would bloom in me each month like an exotic flower, nor that children, two monuments, would break from between my legs.” KnowsChildrenTwoWould BeBreakGrowing UpBloodFlowerMonthsAgingLegsMonumentExoticEach Month Author:Anne Sexton
“Blood doesn't make you family. Hell, an only child can bleed. It's the sharing of pain that makes you family. 'Cause, you can't really love a brother or sister until you know that they're as scarred and broken as you are. And, hey, if you grow up with a father like mine and you aren't at least a little scarred and broken, well then, that's not your father. You were spawned by an entirely different guy.” IfsKnowsWellsChildrenLittlesDifferentPainGuyFatherGrowsCausesHellGrowing UpBloodMinesBrotherBrokenHeyOnly ChildDifferent Guys Author:Christopher Titus
“To be able to have winning in your blood growing up, whether it was pounding my little brother or trying to beat my dad in something, or just competing on teams with my friends, it was nonstop.” TryingLittlesAbleWinningGrowing UpGrowingBloodTeamBrotherDadBeatsMy FriendsMy DadCompetingLittle BrotherMy Little Brother Author:Jordan Spieth